Daily Archives: September 26, 2014

The Association is pleased to announce a social dinner for Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade members and their partners on Saturday 4 October. The dinner is primarily for those in Perth for the annual DFES conference but those who are not attending the conference are welcome. In response to feedback from last year, the AVBFB executive…

File No: 00478 25 September 2014 DFES General Circular No: 164/2014 AUSTRALIAN FIRE SERVICE MEDAL AND EMERGENCY SERVICES MEDAL NOMINATIONS SOUGHT Nominations are currently being sought for the Australian Fire Service Medal (AFSM) and Emergency Services Medal (ESM). You are encouraged to nominate any career or volunteer member that you consider worthy of recognition at…

With thanks to Disney’s “Planes: Fire and Rescue”, we have 10 family passes to the feature movie valued at $80 each to give away. Send your best photos of Volunteers in Action to our special VIA@avbfb.org.au email address before COB Wednesday 1 October to be considered for one of these great family prizes. Remember that…

Here’s the Bureau of Meteorology’s October-December Climate and Water Outlook video – very useful and valuable information for members of our Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade family. Please take a few minutes watch this interesting video so you are situational aware and better able to keep yourself and your local communities safe this fire season. …

This “Dorothy Dix” question was asked of the Minister for Emergency Services by the Liberal Member for Geraldton Ian Blayney MLA in the Lower House of the Western Australian Parliament yesterday. Note: A “Dorothy Dix” is a question that is asked of a Minister by another member of the government. That means the Minister had…

This question was asked by the Honourable Darren West in the Upper House of WA Parliament yesterday: I refer to a Department of Fire and Emergency Services position based in Geraldton, the occupant of which has, as part of his role, liaised with approximately 200 pastoralists. (1) Can the minister confirm this position has been made…